Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2016-08-22 at 22:50 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > @@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process {
> > Â		}
> > Â
> > Â		if ($found_file) {
> > +			if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
> > +				WARN("OBSOLETE",
> > +				ÂÂÂÂÂ"$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy.ÂÂNo unnecessary modifications please.\n");
> > +			}
> How do you think about to avoid a double negation in such a warning message?
> 
> Would a wording like "â Only really necessary modifications please.\n"
> be more useful here?

No, probably not.